725949 - Refresh button appears before a site is loaded in a new tab if a URL is typed into the location bar and you click in search box

Status: RESOLVED INACTIVE

(Firefox :: Address Bar, defect)

Description

[Daniel Fahlke]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686 on x86_64; rv:12.0a2) Gecko/20120207 Firefox/12.0a2
Build ID: 20120207042017

Steps to reproduce:

1. type in an url into the address bar
2. dont send the address (with enter or anything else)
3. klick anywhere else to move the focus away from address bar
4. klick on the refresh button


Actual results:

after 3: the green arrow changes to the blue refresh arrow
after 4: nothing


Expected results:

after 4: it should request the url

Comment 1

[Tim (fmdeveloper)]

I don't get a refresh button unless a page has been loaded.

Opened New Tab
Typed in www.google.com
Clicked into blank tab area
No refresh button available (only the go arrow)

Did I miss something?

Comment 2

[Daniel Fahlke]

odd, in current Aurora 12.0a2 (2012-02-12) this is not longer enough, to move focus away from address bar. 

Now you have to click outside of the window or into the search bar to move the focus.

Comment 3

[Tim (fmdeveloper)]

Confirmed on Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:13.0a1) Gecko/20120212 Firefox/13.0a1 ID:20120212031149

Steps to Reproduce:

Open New Tab
Type in www.google.com
Click into search box (or outside the window as mentioned in comment 2)

Actual Results:

Go to icon (arrow) disappears and refresh button appears

Expected Results:

Icon should remain the go to arrow

Note: putting focus back into location bar causes the go to arrow to re-appear

Bug 660432 might be related or a duplicate

Comment 4

[BMO Automation]

Per policy at https://wiki.mozilla.org/Bug_Triage/Projects/Bug_Handling/Bug_Husbandry#Inactive_Bugs. If this bug is not an enhancement request or a bug not present in a supported release of Firefox, then it may be reopened.